Wednesday, January 06, 2010

digging to china






These are our neighbors Valerie and Logan. We like to play with them and swap babysitting/dogsitting/housesitting services. Logan got a fourwheeler for Christmas and invited us over to let the kids take it for a spin. They had such a blast. It was a bit frightening though to see my 3 and 5 year olds behind a wheel!!!

A stray dog has been visiting us through the fence in the alley several times a day. The big kids have come up with a plan to dig a hole near their slide, tunnel it about 20 feet to the fence, go under the fence and come up the other side, then crawl through with tools to fight the mean dog (who seems quite friendly in all truth). Ivan has decided that he and Dominique are going to "save the day" and protect our family from the nameless, tagless, playful, tail wagging canine. Meanwhile, it kept them outside and happily playing for a long time today. Ivan drew out his plan and determined that we will have to stay home from now on and that his plan will take many days. I am not complaining in the least. I'll even give them another garden trowel if it will keep them happily occupied. Maybe they can dig while I clean house tomorrow, except that I heard it is going to get cold again.

What imaginary games did you like to play as a child?

1 comment:

Ian said...

It won't be too long and Ivan will be asking for real car keys.